The Rise of an African Middle Class
Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965
Offers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe. -Elizabeth SchmidtTracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambitions. Though relatively few in number and not rich by colonial standards, this comparatively better class of Africans challenged individual and social barr…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-253-10933-0
- EAN: 9780253109330
- Produktnummer: 21979661
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'925 KB
- Abbildungen: 14 b&w photos, 2 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index
Über den Autor
Michael West is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is co-editor (with William Martin) of Out of One, Many Africas: Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa.
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